Planners' views on cumulative effects. A focus-group study concerning transport infrastructure planning in Sweden

Land Use Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 243-253

  Folkeson, Lennart ^a   Antonson, Hans ^a   Helldin, J O ^b  

^a SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EIA; Planner; Planning process; Public participation; Railway; Road

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING PROCESS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84860134314     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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